With developer BST Investments getting the all-clear from the Washtenaw County board of commissioners last week on an amendment to the brownfield redevelopment plan for the property at 2810 Baker Road in Dexter, another milestone in the $14 million project has been achieved.
The project involves demolition of three buildings on the site and the erecting of three new ones totaling 88,000 square feet, according to a review of the brownfield plan amendment. One of those, the Dexter Pharmacy, a mixed-use pharmacy and office building, was completed in 2010. A wellness center is forthcoming; the third will be a mixed-use structure, the nature of which is yet to be determined, says Brett Lenart, administrator of the
Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Program.
Originally the project only used business tax credit incentives but the plan is now amended to provide for $312,000 in tax increment financing to support some additional demolition activities, Lenart says. He anticipates demolition and construction work will begin in late 2011 or 2012.
The undertaking is expected to retain 40 jobs and provide for 80 more.
Lenart says the project will "result in the removal of source contamination, it's going to be the removal of old buildings and replaced with an existing infrastructure network of new investment, in addition to the benefits of new businesses for the village of Dexter."
Sources: Brett Lenart, administrator of the Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Program; 2810 Baker brownfield plan amendmentWriter: Tanya Muzumdar
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